I Didn’t Buy Anything for One Hundred Days. Here’s What I Learned.

The real benefit is measured in hours, not dollars

Eric Weiner
Forge
Published in
5 min readApr 7, 2022

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Photo: Chris Booth

I’m not sure where this minimalist urge came from. I’ve always been more of a maximalist, as one glance at my bag collection (54 at last count) or my coffee-maker constellation (six, more or less) or my leather-notebook ensemble (don’t ask). Enough, I decided. This…

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Eric Weiner
Forge
Writer for

Philosophical Traveler. Recovering Malcontent. Author of four books, including my latest: “The Socrates Express.”